On Sunday, Sept. 28, Matt competed in the Super Bowl of Late Model Stock racing, the  “Bailey’s 300” at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia. Out of 117 cars, #81, Matt DiBenedetto,  qualified 11^th. He battled his way to the 6^th position going into the mandatory yellow at lap 100. At this point, a pill was drawn for inversion which put him on the pole for the 2^nd half of the race. His motor was running hot and didn’t have quite the horsepower he was hoping and fell back a bit. With 25 laps to go, the sky opened up with showers! They dried the track and Matt took the green in the 5^th position. He quickly moved to 3^rd and felt that his car got much better after the rain and cooler temperatures. He was all over the 2^nd place car. Coming out of turn 4 going to the checkered, the 4^th place car picked up the back of Matt’s car, spinning him. Matt did a complete circle, straightened out the car, stomped the gas, and croish!ssed the finish line in the 7^th position without a scratch on the car!! It was one exciting finish!  Click Here to see some crashes at the Bailey's 300. Towards the end, you will see Matt in the #81 get spun, recover, and cross the checkered in 7th.

Matt took on the challenge of Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday, May 17. Matt qualified 2nd with a 15.856 lap. 44 cars competed for 32 spots.